Churchill AVLB #2

[Scratchbuilder]

As I have not built a bridgelayer in the last 10 minutes, thought I would give a preview of my next build. Older members will remember I built this before and there it was all on the base ready for the Nationals at St Ives when the shelf in the display case above it decided to give way and you can guess the end result. So here we are again with build #2.
At the moment everything is still in the boxes (Churchill and bridge) and I will combine my build of the Scimitar alongside the start of this one.


More later.
Mike

[Guest]

That will be one to watch. The mechanisms they used to come up with for launching bridges are always interesting to see

[Scratchbuilder]

That will be one to watch. The mechanisms they used to come up with for launching bridges are always interesting to see :smiling3:

True, I enjoyed the first build, so this one will be fun.

[Jim R]

Interesting. I do seem to remember the demise of build #1. Is this build a totally new effort or is it #1 rising phoenix like from the ashes?

[Scratchbuilder]

Interesting. I do seem to remember the demise of build #1. Is this build a totally new effort or is it #1 rising phoenix like from the ashes?

No Jim, this is a totally new build, unfortunately the #1 build had far too much damage to even think about restoration.

[Scratchbuilder]

Well these are the kits/conversion I will be using...


But! but! I hear you say, that is a waste of another bridgelayer - no!



Here is one I built earlier before the AFV club one was released and was going to join a scratchbuilt bridge, so thankyou to AFV Clib for saving me all that work.
All I will use from this kit will be the Churchill itself as there has to be a little bit of surgery done to it.
More later - Churchill suspension to be built first.... :tired:
Mike

[Guest]

Aha, that solves my question of which manufacturer the conversion set is by: that box is unmistakably from International Models Asia

[Scratchbuilder]

Aha, that solves my question of which manufacturer the conversion set is by: that box is unmistakably from International Models Asia :smiling3:

You guessed it...
But I now have to wander off and look at images of the real item to determine whet needs to be left off the model side sponsons which I believe were a different fit of parts. The mud shoot is still there but there are other parts that are not.

[The Smythe Meister]

As I have not built a bridgelayer in the last 10 minutes, thought I would give a preview of my next build. Older members will remember I built this before and there it was all on the base ready for the Nationals at St Ives when the shelf in the display case above it decided to give way and you can guess the end result. So here we are again with build #2.
At the moment everything is still in the boxes (Churchill and bridge) and I will combine my build of the Scimitar alongside the start of this one.

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More later.
Mike

Blimey, that's one clever bit of weight dispersal there!:anguished:
A very interesting vehicle for sure, I'll snuggle down and follow the fun:thumb2:

[Jack L]

Well these are the kits/conversion I will be using...
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But! but! I hear you say, that is a waste of another bridgelayer - no!

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Here is one I built earlier before the AFV club one was released and was going to join a scratchbuilt bridge, so thankyou to AFV Clib for saving me all that work.
All I will use from this kit will be the Churchill itself as there has to be a little bit of surgery done to it.
More later - Churchill suspension to be built first.... :tired:
Mike

Look forward to this. I highly recommend the advice from @Jakko's build on how to put the suspension together. Saved me many hours and many swears.

[Scratchbuilder]

Look forward to this. I highly recommend the advice from @Jakko's build on how to put the suspension together. Saved me many hours and many swears.

Jack you are talking to an old AFV Club Churchill builder. Jakko and myself have worked out our own methods for building up the suspension and we only follow the instructions lightly. The first one I built I followed the kit instructions parrot fashion, got halfway through and thought I was building the wrong kit....

[Guest]

On my first AFV Club Churchill, I started by following the way the instructions say. I think I decided to deviate from that before I applied the first drop of glue because I figured it just wouldn’t work well I figured you would have reached much the same conclusion, though probably with a different solution.

In any case, IMHO it’s helpful advice to anyone who hasn’t built one of these kits to take a close look at the instructions’ assembly sequence, and suggest an alternative way of doing it. I would be interested in learning how you put it together, Mike — pick up tips for my next Churchill, with a bit of luck

[The Smythe Meister]

I've got an old Tamiya Churchill that I'm looking forward to doing in the not too distant,do these suspension problems apply to that as well chaps?:thinking:

[Scratchbuilder]

On my first AFV Club Churchill, I started by following the way the instructions say. I think I decided to deviate from that before I applied the first drop of glue because I figured it just wouldn’t work well :smiling3: I figured you would have reached much the same conclusion, though probably with a different solution.

In any case, IMHO it’s helpful advice to anyone who hasn’t built one of these kits to take a close look at the instructions’ assembly sequence, and suggest an alternative way of doing it. I would be interested in learning how you put it together, Mike — pick up tips for my next Churchill, with a bit of luck :smiling3:

Lucky you, I got the first frame on and then realised it was on backwards and had to unglue it, had a swear:confounded:, and then started with my own way. I will put up some pics of my method.

[Scratchbuilder]

I've got an old Tamiya Churchill that I'm looking forward to doing in the not too distant,do these suspension problems apply to that as well chaps?:thinking:

I think you will be lucky in that the springs/suspension are already moulded as one, and all you add are the wheels. It has been some years (1980) since I built my first bridgelayer using the then 'new' Tamiya Churchill and a scratchbuilt bridge with the 1/76 scale plans in the now dead military Modelling magazine, but still have them if you want to try it :tears-of-joy:
Mike